REVIEW: Brown Boys Swim
Reading Time: 2 minutesI have never been made so acutely aware, in less than 80 minutes, of the fears that haunt the British white middle class.
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REVIEW: Moorcroft
Reading Time: 3 minutesInspired by true stories, Moorcroft, a Tron Theatre Production in association with National Theatre of Scotland performed at the Traverse Theatre, was a dynamic and sobering show.
REVIEW: Boy Parts
Reading Time: 3 minutesEliza Clark's novel "Boy Parts" has been adapted for the stage, offering a darkly comic critique of gender power dynamics in the 21st century. The show examines the challenge of inverting the male gaze, using the character of Irina Sturges, a strong female protagonist who exploits men for her art. Despite its exploration of female agency and critique of contemporary media, the play's portrayal of gender dynamics falls short of being revolutionary or effectively challenging the imbalance of the male gaze.
REVIEW: Constellations
Reading Time: 3 minutes‘Every choice, every decision you’ve ever and never made exists in an unimaginably vast ensemble of parallel universes’.
REVIEW: Dracula: Mina’s Reckoning
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe week before Halloween is a wonderfully atmospheric time for the Liverpool Playhouse theatre to host Dracula: Mina’s Reckoning, a retelling of Bram Stoker’s Dracula written by Mona Pearson and directed by Sally Cookson.
REVIEW: Manic Street Creature
Reading Time: 2 minutesManic Street Culture is a polished piece, with a company that felt entirely at ease.
REVIEW: Owners
Reading Time: 2 minutesCaryl Churchill’s 1970s play’s themes are still relevant but this modern production wasn’t able to find the right tone Written in the early 1970s, Owners was Caryl Churchill’s first professionally produced play, and undoubtedly lacks the finesse…
REVIEW: Cheeky Little Brown
Reading Time: 2 minutesNkenna Akunna’s Cheeky Little Brown at the Lowry was an entertaining and engaging comedic one-woman musical show consisting of a one 90-minute act following Lady, played by Tiajna Amaya.
REVIEW: Free your mind
Reading Time: 2 minutesA few months ago, if someone asked me about the connection between computing, artificial intelligence, and Manchester, I would have only mentioned the relationship between humans and machines, which is a prominent theme in the Matrix franchise, and the fact that Manchester is where the Manchester Baby, or the Small-Scale Experimental Machine, was created
REVIEW: Rumble in the Jungle: Rematch
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt is a clever time to re-stage the titanic fight between George Foreman and Muhammad Ali.